Addition and Counting in Word Problems

The video tutorial guides students through solving simple addition problems using real-life scenarios. It starts with a problem about bunnies, followed by apples and money in a piggy bank, and concludes with another apple problem. Each problem involves identifying a mystery starting amount, adding a known quantity, and determining the initial quantity through counting.

What is the first step in solving a word problem involving addition?

• Subtract the given numbers

• Find the mystery amount

• Identify the total amount

• Multiply the numbers

In the bunny problem, how many bunnies hopped back?

• Two

• Five

• Three

• Four

What is the total number of bunnies after three more hop back?

• Six

• Seven

• Five

• Four

How many bunnies were initially on the grass?

• Four

• Two

• Three

• One

In the bunny problem, what does the number sentence equal?

• Three

• Six

• Four

• Five

In the apple problem, how many apples were bought?

• Eight

• Six

• Seven

• Nine

What is the total number of apples after buying more?

• Fourteen

• Sixteen

• Thirteen

• Fifteen

How many apples did you start with in the apple problem?

• Eight

• Seven

• Six

• Five

In the apple problem, what does the number sentence equal?

• Thirteen

• Fourteen

• Fifteen

• Sixteen

In the money problem, how much more money was made?

• Four dollars

• Five dollars

• Three dollars

• Six dollars